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Sheldon Birnie
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · Nov 12
Fancy some strange stories set in the wilds of western Canada? Look no further, bud malarkeybooks.com/store/pavement
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 11h
Fight against the sadness, Jonathan!
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 11h
Slept on the new Hotline TNT record all summer but Ok this LP rips you guys
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 13h
Bruised my elbow playing hockey last night. Worth it for that sweet Thanksgiving Cats W, though.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h
a real water is wet scenario here
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 2d
Gabby’s Dollhouse movie with the family for baby gal’s birthday
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 3d
Propagandhi
Drive-By Truckers
SNFU
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 3d
Watching Singing in the Rain with the family.
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 4d
Bowling alley playing a healthy number of Smashing Pumpkins tunes this evening!
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 4d
Starting Leviathan tonight bud! Looking forward to getting weird
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 4d
Nope!
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 4d
Happy Friday to you guys
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 4d
🧙‍♀️ 🧘 👍
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Mike Nagel @misternagel.bsky.social · 4d
Got a little woo woo for the fine folks at @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social.

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WOO WOO - Farewell Transmission
By Mike Nagel My sister-in-law Molly grew up as a pastor’s daughter but at some point in her mid-thirties she became more of a witch. I thought that being a witch meant you invited the devil into your...
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 6d
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 6d
In some great company here, & would encourage you to buy some of these beauties via @bookshop.org any friggin day over Amazon, bud
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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 6d
Free shipping on @bookshop.org today!

I'd recommend picking up anything you've had yours eyes on, but here's some specific, recent indie press story collections I've loved:
Magic Can't Save Us, Josh Denslow Girl on Girl, Emily Costa My Prisoner and Other Stories, Tyler McAndrew Sad Grownups, Amy Stuber Horsegirl Fever, Kevin Maloney The Nothing, Lauren Davis Cheap Therapist Says You're Insane, Parker Young Where the Pavement Turns to Sand, Sheldon Birnie Hey You Assholes, Kyle Seibel Are You Happy?, Lori Ostlund This Is the Afterlife, Jeff Chon Birds Aren't Real, D.T. Robbins Survival Tips, Miriam Gershow Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts, Nick Rees Gardner Early Sobrieties, Michael Deagler
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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 6d
Free shipping on @bookshop.org today!

I'd recommend picking up anything you've had yours eyes on, but here's some specific, recent indie press story collections I've loved:
Magic Can't Save Us, Josh Denslow Girl on Girl, Emily Costa My Prisoner and Other Stories, Tyler McAndrew Sad Grownups, Amy Stuber Horsegirl Fever, Kevin Maloney The Nothing, Lauren Davis Cheap Therapist Says You're Insane, Parker Young Where the Pavement Turns to Sand, Sheldon Birnie Hey You Assholes, Kyle Seibel Are You Happy?, Lori Ostlund This Is the Afterlife, Jeff Chon Birds Aren't Real, D.T. Robbins Survival Tips, Miriam Gershow Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts, Nick Rees Gardner Early Sobrieties, Michael Deagler
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 6d
Enjoyed Kyle’s Future Plans, perhaps you will too?
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kyle r. seibel @kylerseibel.bsky.social · 7d
newest from me today in little engines

www.littleengines.pub/p/the-office...
The Office of Future Plans
A new story from Kyle Seibel
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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 7d
Signing up for the 2026 Malarkey Book Club won’t save the publishing industry or the world but it will bring good mail to your house next year.

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2026 Book Club — Malarkey
Buy a year’s worth of books and zines with the Malarkey Book Club. In 2026 you’ll get copies of: The Walls Are Closing In On Us , a novel by Joshua Trent Brown Terrestrial , a novella by Suzy...
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 7d
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 7d
Back on my bullshit (writing about square dancing)
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 7d
Practice so you’re comfortable, & just have fun (that’s it!)
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 7d
Right on. Have fun! 👻
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 11d
Here’s a little 75 worder about winter, visions, and friends for you thx @paragraphplanet.bsky.social www.paragraphplanet.com
Upon a winter’s day so frigid the core of trees were heard to pop amidst the otherwise deathly quiet we ventured shoreward. In the gloaming, we carried the fire midlake, the flames alighting slowly upon the pyre’s circumference before climbing on high. Many strange visions of things yet to come were revealed. No moon dared trespass to sully our silent study. We left the embers to burn towards the lakebed at dawn. By Sheldon Birnie
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 7d
Desperate fruit flies just trying to survive
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Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 10d
Uber to the beer league game